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From Castro to Cheney: History's 8 most insane assassination plots

By Timothy McGrath, GlobalPost

Posted:
10/25/2013 08:32:46 AM MDT

Updated:
10/25/2013 09:21:32 AM MDT

From Castro to Cheney: History's 8 most insane assassination plots

It's been a weird couple of weeks for assassinations plots.We learned that former Vice President Dick Cheney was so worried about the security of his artificial heart that he asked his doctors to deactivate its wireless device, lest hacker assassins use it to deactivate him.Then a Mexican drug lord was killed at a children's party in Cabo San Lucas by a team of assassins dressed as clowns.These sound like crazy assassination plots, right? Not especially.Target: Fidel CastroMethod: Take your pickFidel ...

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